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Discover Headcorn in United Kingdom

Headcorn in the region of England with its 2,479 habitants is a town located in United Kingdom - some 40 mi or ( 64 km ) South-East of London , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Headcorn

Local time in Headcorn is now 01:33 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tenterden, Marden, Maidstone, London, and Lenham. When in this area, you might want to check out Tenterden . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Headcorn ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Go Ape! Leeds Castle, Kent

1:43 min by alisonhughes2
Views: 7332 Rating: 4.80

BRING OUT YOUR INNER APE! Think you, your friends and family can handle 3 hours of tree top adventure? Are you wild enough to climb 30ft up a rope ladder, Tarzan Swing into a giant rope net then zip w ..

Operation Stack From The Leeds Castle Hi Flyer Balloon

1:22 min by gregvideo07
Views: 2021 Rating: 5.00

A trip on the tethered "Hi FLyer" Helium balloon at Leeds Castle with a view of the queues to leave the M20 caused by its closure at Junction 8 to store lorries for "operation stack". The French ferry ..


Maidstone Grammar School Film 1971 (Part 6 of 6)

6:22 min by pryan1954
Views: 1948 Rating: 5.00

Part 6 of 6 of a film made in 1971 by Martin Passmore and myself at Maidstone Grammar School. A real trip down Memory Lane for all you older OMs! Paul Ryan ..

Kent & East Sussex Railway

10:18 min by dougal040
Views: 1917 Rating: 5.00

A group of us went to the K&ESR on the 29th July 2007 for a day out. We all had a great time and plan on another trip out next year... ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Headcorn railway station

Headcorn is a railway station on the South Eastern Main Line serving the village of Headcorn in Kent, England. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southeastern. Headcorn was, until 1954, the northern terminus of the Kent and East Sussex Railway.

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Located at 51.17 0.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: DfT Category D stations, Disused railway stations in Kent, Former Kent and East Sussex Railway stations, Former South Eastern Railway (UK) stations, Maidstone (borough), Railway stations closed in 1954, Railway stations in Kent, Railway stations opened in 1842, Railway stations opened in 1905, Railway stations served by Southeastern

A274 road

The A274 is a major road running through mid Kent. The northern end of the road is in Maidstone, at the Wheatsheaf public house where it leaves the A229. The road then follows a south easterly route to Langley, where it changes to a south south easterly alignment through Sutton Valence and Headcorn, ending at a junction with the A262 in Biddenden. The A274 was originally classified B2078 and was re-designated in the 1950s.

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Located at 51.19 0.61 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Roads in Kent

Staplehurst rail crash

The Staplehurst rail crash was a derailment at Staplehurst, Kent on 9 June 1865 at 3:13 pm. The South Eastern Railway Folkestone to London boat train derailed while crossing a viaduct where a length of track had been removed during engineering works, killing ten passengers and injuring 40. In the Board of Trade report it was found that a man had been placed with a red flag 554 yards away but the regulations required him to be 1,000 yards away and the train had insufficient time to stop.

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Located at 51.17 0.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 1865 in England, Bridge disasters in the United Kingdom, Charles Dickens, Maidstone (borough), Railway accidents in 1865, Railway accidents in Kent

Sutton Valence

Sutton Valence (historically Town Sutton or Sutton Hastings) is a village some five miles (8 km) SE of Maidstone, Kent, England on the Greensand Ridge overlooking the Vale of Kent and Weald. One of the main landmarks in the village is Sutton Valence Castle, of which only the ruins of the 12th century keep remain, under the ownership of English Heritage.

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Located at 51.20 0.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Civil parishes in Kent, Villages in Kent

All Saints Church, Staplehurst

All Saints' Church, Staplehurst is the Anglican parish church in the village of Staplehurst, Kent, England. It was founded in the 12th century and was enlarged during the 13th to 15th centuries. The church is situated at the south end of the village, on the east side of the High Street, a Roman Road now designated as the A229. The church was mainly built in the 12th and 13th centuries, and the West Tower was commenced about 1425. It is a Grade I listed building.

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Located at 51.16 0.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 12th-century church buildings, Church of England churches in Kent, Grade I listed buildings in Kent, Maidstone (borough)

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